With four teen suicides in Luzerne County in the past week, many are asking what could have been done to prevent them and how to stop the problem from worsening. The key, many experts say, is to recognize the symptoms of at-risk youth who are drowning in feelings of isolation.
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In a gripping speech to a packed high school auditorium, Meredith Yozwiak, 16, a Pittston Area junior who struggled with anorexia and suicidal thoughts after being teased over her weight, describes her ordeal and how she copes.

Paul Battaglia knows the pain of Pittston Area, Hazleton Area and Greater Nanticoke Area. He knows the pain of the families, friends and classmates in those communities grappling with the suicides of five teenagers over the last five weeks, including the last four in a chilling eight-day span.
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Samantha Neaman has a comfort zone that she believes few others might share when it comes to talking about teen suicide. Since her 13-year-old son took his own life in February 2007, she believes it's a topic that hasn't been given the attention it deserves.
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After two classmate suicides, Meredith Yozwiak had to speak up.She's been there. She knows the pain. She has wanted to die. And she came close. Extreme anorexia left the Pittston Area teen deathly ill in junior high after years of classmate taunts about her weight.
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When I was 13 years old, I wanted to kill myself.
For real.
I wasn't sure when it would happen exactly, or how, but I knew that I wanted to do it. I found and kept an old rusty box cutter in my bottom drawer, testing it every so often on the thin, tran
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PITTSTON - Friend after friend and classmate after classmate of two Pittston Area High School students stepped to the microphone Wednesday night to share memories and raw emotions: We miss you. We love you. We'll never forget you.
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